Lunchbox: couscous & chick-pea salad

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 cup Couscous
½ cup Raisins
1 cup Canned chick-peas, drained
4 ounces Sliced ham, julienned
¼ cup Fresh parsley, chopped
3 Green onions, chopped
1 Tomato, diced
1 Sweet red pepper, diced
1 small Zucchini, diced or 1 cup
½ cup Olive oil - good quality
3 tablespoons Lemon juice
1 Garlic clove, minced
¾ teaspoon Salt
½ teaspoon Ground cumin
¼ teaspoon Turmeric
1 dash Hot pepper sauce

Directions

In saucepan, bring 1-¼ cup water to boil; stir in couscous and raisins. Cover and remove from heat; let stand for 5 minutes. Fluff with fork.

In large bowl, combine couscous mixture, chick-peas, ham, parsley, onions, tomato, red pepper and zucchini.

Whisk together oil, lemon juice, garlic, slt, cumin, turmeric and hot pepper sauce; toss with salad until combined.

Per Serving: nutrition info not provided in article Source: Canadian Living magazine, Nov 94 Lunches contained in "Pack Lunch and Go" by Rose Murray, Canadian Living Test Kitchen Also published in Canadian Living's "Best One-Dish Meals" book [-=PAM=-]

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